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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan 2 Volume Paperback Set: An Account of Travels in the
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan 2 Volume Paperback Set: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Paperback - 2010

by Isabella Lucy Bird


From the publisher

Isabella Bird's Unbeaten Tracks in Japan was published in 1880 and recounts her travels in the Far East, begun four years earlier. Bird was recommended an open air life from an early age as a cure for her physical and nervous difficulties. She toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the Sandwich Islands, before travelling to the Far East in order to strengthen herself to marry Dr John Bishop and live in Edinburgh. Based on the letters Bird wrote home, primarily to her sister, Volume 1 recounts her experiences as a solo woman traveller living among the Japanese in Yokohama and Niigata. Volume 2 covers her journeys in Yeso, Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Ise Shrines, and includes her experiences of staying with the Hairy Ainu. This is a fascinating work on the lifestyles, customs, and habits of the people she encountered.

Details

  • Title Unbeaten Tracks in Japan 2 Volume Paperback Set: An Account of Travels in the Interior, Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of
  • Author Isabella Lucy Bird
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Elibron Classics
  • Pages 840
  • Volumes 2
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2010-06
  • ISBN 9781108014649 / 110801464X
  • Weight 2.33 lbs (1.06 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.7 x 5.6 x 2 in (22.10 x 14.22 x 5.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General